"It's critical that you continue to engage your brain in the development of new abilities and and new skills or improve those things that matter to you because you're exercising the machinery that helps you keep your brain growing.” - Michael Merzenich
This week on Living Lab Radio:
- EPA released an action plan for addressing PFAS chemicals used in firefighting foams and as non-stick or stain-resistant coatings, but advocates for communities dealing with contaminated drinking water seemed unimpressed.
- Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich explains why many New Year's Resolutions have failed by this point in the year, and shares tips for staying (or getting back) on track.
- Geologist Lauren Edgar talks about working with Mars rover Opportunity, its impact on her career, and how it would feel to travel to Mars and see the rovers - "true Martians" in their final resting places.
- Chris Mankovich of UC Santa Cruz shares how he worked out the length of a day on Saturn using data about ripples in that planet's rings.
- Author and historian Rachel Plotnick unpacks buttons - where they came from, why like to push them but not have ours pushed, and whether we've reached peak button.
